Registering device for printing-beams.



No. 669,8l3. Patented Mar. l2, 190i. F. W. TAYLOR.

REGISTERING DEVICE FOR PRINTING BEAMS.

(Application filed Nov. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. TAYLOR, OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. 85 T.FAIRBANKS 85 00., OF SAME PLACE.

REGISTERING DEVlCE FOR PRINTING-BEAMS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 669,813, dated March 12,1901.

' Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,669. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Johnsbury, in the county of Caledonia, State 5 ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRegistering Devices for Printing-Beams, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters and I figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in weighing-scales of the typeknown as printing or registering beams, as illustrated, for' example, inthe patent granted Henry Fair- I banks January 18,1898, No. 597,640; andthe object of the invention is to provide a novel device for pressingthe ticket against the typenumerals on the beam and poise-slide to makethe proper record of weight on said ticket. In printing-beamsconstructed on the style indicated in the above patent when the tickethas been inserted a direct vertical pressure is applied to it to forceit against the type, while the purpose of the present construction is togive a rolling pressure as the pressing device passes from its normalposition into engagement with the ticket to cause the impression to betaken.

The invention therefore consists, broadly, in applying a rollingpressure to the ticket to cause it to receive the impression,and,finally, itconsistsin the mattershereinafterdescribed, and referred toin the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front view of the main and auxiliary poises of a printingor registering beam, the front portion being removed to show theinternal mechanism. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the poise, the partsfor making the impression being shown partly in full lines and partly indotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a detail front view of the. block supportingthe impression-roll.

In the drawings, 1 represents a scale-beam; 2, the rear portion of themain poise; 3, the front plate thereof, and t the auxiliary poise orpoise-slide, 5 being the pointer carried thereby to register with thegraduations on the front of the main poise, these parts and the meansfor operating them being substan tially similar to the correspondingparts in the patent above referred to. Secured to the back side of themain poise is a block 6, the securing means being the screws a a,passing through vertical slots 1) 1) into the body of the poise, nicetyof vertical adjustment being effected by means of the adjusting-screw 9.The block 6 has a vertical slot or recess d, adapted to receive a roll13, supported on trunnions or a short shaft or pin 6, screwheaded ateach end, and these trunnions or shaft 6 are supported in slots 0,extending at right angles to the beam, which at the front end has adepression or pocket f, affording a seat for the roll-shaft ortrunnions. To the block 6 is pivoted, by means of the screw or pin j, alever having the handle portion 7 extending slightly toward the front inposition within easy reach of the operator, while the short arm of thelever is bifurcated or U- shaped, shown at g, each arm being slotted atits upper end, in which slots h rest the outer ends of the trunnions orshaft 6 on which the roll 13 is secured. The slot 8 is provided for theinsertion of the ticket upon which the weight is to be recorded. Thehandle 7 is normally held in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig.2 by the spring 2'.

In operation a ticket is inserted in the slot 8 under the type, and theroll-shaft restingin the pocketfample room is provided between the topof the block 6 and the under side of the type on the beam or poise slidefor its insertion. The handleZis then lifted up,drawing the roll 13 outof the pocket and toward the .back of the poise, being guided in theslots 0, the ticket being impressed by a rolling pressure against thetype-bars, one figure at a time. By this means much less force is 0required to impress the ticket than is required in constructionsheretofore employed, and when the pressure of the hand is released thecoiled spring 1' returns the handle to normal position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ina printing or registering beam for weighing-scales, means forcausing the im- 10o pression of the type-numerals to be printed on theticket, comprising an impression-roller normally out of operativeengagement with the ticket and means operatively engaging saidimpression-roller for first raising the latter vertically intoengagement with the ticket and then moving it horizontally to impart arolling pressure upon the ticket to cause the impression to be made;substantially as described.

2. In a printing or registering beam for weighing-scales, means forimpressing the ticket against the type, comprising a swinging lever anda pressure-roller carried by said swinging lever normally out ofengagement with the ticket and having a combined upward and horizontalmovement to press the ticket against the face of the type; substantiallyas described.

3. In a printing or registerii'ig beam for weighing scales, incombination with the main poise, a block secured thereto, type-numerals,a pressure-roller supporied in gnid ing-slots in said block and normallyout of engagement with the type-numerals and a swinging lever providedwith slotted arms, also engaging the pressure-roller; substantially asdescribed.

4. In a printing or registering beam for weighing scales, in combinationwith the main poise, a block secured thereto, having horizontal slotswith depressions in one or both ends, a pressure-roller havingoppositelyextending trnnnions supported in said slots, a swinging leverhaving slots also in engagement with said trnnnious, whereby in themovement of the swingin lever the trunnions are first elevated out ofthe depressions and then moved horizontally in the slots of the block;substantially as described.

5. In a printing or registering beam for weighing scales, in combinationwith the main poise, a verticallyadjustable block cured thereto havinghorizontal slots with depressions in one or both ends, a. pressurerollerhaving oppositely-extendingtrunnions supported in said slots, a swinginglever having slots also in engagement with said trunnions, whereby inthe movementof the swinging lever the trunnions are first elevated outof the depressions and then moved horizontally in the slots of theblock; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof- I affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

FREDERICK W. 'lAYLOP.

Witnesses:

WILLIS H. SARGENT, FRANK O. FRENCH.

